Research Without Borders Panel to Discuss Expanding Public Access to Federally Funded Research

NEW YORK, November 4, 2013 –

In a policy memorandum released in February 2013, the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren directed federal agencies to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication, and required researchers to better account for and manage the digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research. Panelists will discuss and debate major proposals for addressing the directive - CHORUS, SHARE, and NIH policies.

Please join us on Tuesday,November 12, 2013 from 12-2pm on the third floor of Columbia's Faculty House for "Expanding Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Implementing the OSTP Memo", our second event of the academic year in our Research Without Borders panel discussion series. This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required.

Our panelists:

Alicia Wise is Director of Universal Access at Elsevier, where she manages Elsevier’s access strategy and policies and launches and monitors access pilot projects. Alicia previously worked for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee, the Publishers Licensing Society, The Publishers Association, and as an academic archaeologist, and holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Neil ThakurisSpecial Assistant to the Deputy Director for Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).He also serves as program manager for the NIH Public Access Policy. Prior to his time at NIH, he was Assistant Director of Health Services Research and Development at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Neil holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Yale University School of Public Health and completed a NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in mental health services research at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Judy Ruttenbergis the program director for the Transforming Research Libraries strategic direction. Her responsibilities also include the E-Research Working Group and the Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group. Prior to joining ARL, Judy was a program officer at the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). Judy holds an MLS from the University of Maryland College Park, an MA in history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a BA from the University of Michigan.

Our moderator:

Elwin Wu is an Associate Director of the Columbia University School of Social Work Social Intervention Group and the Co-Director of the HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Racial/Ethnic Minority New Investigators. His practice experience includes direct clinical practice with individuals, couples, and groups with agencies serving primarily the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities; evaluation of violence prevention programs for perpetrators of intimate partner violence in same-sex relationships; and program development and evaluation for criminal justice-involved adolescents and adults.

The Scholarly Communication Program (SCP) supports the global reach and impact of research produced at Columbia University. Its mission is to explore and raise awareness about new research tools, methods, and support services that are available to Columbia faculty, students, and staff. In pursuit of this mission, the SCP hosts events and workshops, curates news and resources on our Web site, and engages in innovative scholarly communication initiatives on campus and in the wider academic community. The SCP is an initiative of the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, which is part of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services.

Columbia University Libraries/Information Services (CUL/IS) is one of the top five academic research library systems in North America. The collections include over 12 million volumes, over 160,000 journals and serials, as well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare books, microforms, maps, and graphic and audio-visual materials. The services and collections are organized into 22 libraries and various academic technology centers, including affiliates. CUL/IS employs more than 450 professional and support staff. The website of the Libraries is the gateway to its services and resources: library.columbia.edu.

NB: This event is listed on the Scholarly Communication Program website here.